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Cleanup organizer extraordinaire Sam Holloschutz reported another successful cleanup in the Fairmount neighborhood. On November 14, Sam said that had about 45 volunteers who picked up 86 bags of trash, recycling, and leaves. As Sam described, I expected about double but...

Newsflash: The Mayor’s Office of Sustainability has released a report about how Philly is going to be affected by Climate Change – and how we can prepare. Appropriately released in conjunction with the Paris Climate Talks, the 82 page doc is the first climate...

By Philly Watersheds Blogger Brian Rademaekers The biggest source of pollution impacting the quality of Philly’s rivers today? Stormwater runoff. Philadelphia Water is fighting that pollution in a number of ways, including our multi-decade green stormwater infrastructure program, Green City, Clean...

Paris has been in the news the past few weeks due to the horrific terrorist attacks on the city. Although It was truly devastating, it was inspiring how the world came together to stand with the people of Paris. On November...

If you’ve been following our Twitter feed, you likely noticed we’re tweeting a bunch from the Greenbuild 2015 conference from our nation’s capital! Greenbuild was a smashing success in Philadelphia two years ago, so I was psyched to return to this conference....

After reporting last month that the city agreed to increase presence on the Schuylkill River Trail after a string of incidents, it appears things have gone back to status quo. The recap: Runners and bikers began to discuss incidents of harassment...

Guest author Russell Zerbo volunteered with Rebuilding Philadelphia Together and was able to learn more about Pennsylvania Housing and saving energy. Find out how in his story today. Clean Air Council’s ongoing lawsuit with the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania over lax building standards...

Our buds & guest columnists over at Philadelphia Water announced a huge giveaway this weekend. Recently, I was chatting with friends about how insane bottled water is getting. We chatted about refusing bottled water when GPB when the website was...

The city of brotherly love continues to battle it out in the greenest city ranks. Philadelphia has been named the #15 greenest city of 2015 in a report by Wallethub. We were beat by top 5 cities (in descending order), Honolulu,...